Improvement in toy pistols



H. M. uuAcKENBusH.'

Toy Pistols.

N0', 145,238, Patented Dec. 2,1873.

MQW y a UNITE STATES PATENT FFICE.

HENRY M. QUACKENBUSH, OF HERKIMER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY PESTOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,233S, datedDecember 2, 1873; application filed November l, 1573.

To all ywhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. QUAGKEN- BUSH, of Herkimer, in the countyof Herkimer and State of N ew York, have invented an lmprovement in ToyPistols, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a longitudinal section of my improved toy pistol. Fig. 2 isa top view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending` parts in both 1igures.

The object ot' this invention is to produce a toy pistol in which thelock mechanism shall be greatly simplified, and a reliable resultobtained, by devices that will also improve the appearance ofthe toy.rlhe invention consists, chietly, in combining, With a rubber or otherspring for moving the hammer, a sliding L- shaped hammer, whose shankslides into the stock parallel to the barrel, the stock containingappropriate bearings for such sliding shank. The trigger merely bearsagainst the end of this shank, and thereby keeps the hammer cocked whilethe spring is extended. By touching the trigger and releasing the endot' the hammer, the spring is liberated, to violently throw the hammerforward against the nipple.

In the drawing, the letter A represents the barrel of my toy pistol,fastened to the stock or handle B. C is the hammer; D, the trigger, andE the spring. The hammer is L-shaped, and composed ot a straight shankor bar, ct, which passes through an aperture of the stock under thebarrel, and parallel with the saine, and

of an upwardly-projecting attachment, b, at the back end of the shank a,Which part b is shaped to tit or strike the nipple d. The spring E isfastened to the stock, by preference, by a wire clasp, e, that is iittedover the front part ofthe stock, said spring also extending over thebend b of the hammer, as shown. The trigger bears against the under sideot' the rod a.

When the hammer is taken hold ot" and drawn back, it is, as quick as theend ot' the rod a, has passed the trigger, locked by the latter in thecocked position, the spring being thereby also extended. As soon,then,`as the trigger is touched, the spring' will cause the hammer to bepropelled iorward and strike the nipple, or the cap on the same.

ltis evident that, instead ot' placing the sliding shank Within a hollowunder the barrel, it may be made to slide at the side ofthe barrel,although greater symmetry is obtained by having it underneath.

The relative positions of trigger and spring may also be varied withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

I claim- The combination, in a toy pistol, of a sliding L-shaped hammer,C, having the shank a par# allel, or nearly parallel, to the barrel,with the spring E and trigger D, all arranged to operate substantiallyas herein shown and described.

H. M. QUACKENBUSH.

Witnesses:

J. A. CLARK, A. V. BmnsEN.

